Sunday, February 3rd 2008
Google: Microsoft/Yahoo Merger Will 'Ruin The Internet'
As most of you know, Yahoo is seriously considering letting Microsoft buy them. However, we cannot forget that more than just Microsoft would benefit if Yahoo was to consider letting someone buy them. Google would also be pretty pleased if they could get Yahoo in their pocket, much like YouTube. However, instead of place a bid in, Google sent some nasty comments Microsoft's way.
Source:
ARSTechnica
Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC? While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought to establish proprietary monopolies-and then leverage its dominance into new, adjacent markets.Please follow the source article for the full statement Google put out regarding this possible merger/purchase.
78 Comments on Google: Microsoft/Yahoo Merger Will 'Ruin The Internet'
give me a break, id bet more than 90% of you are on a version of windows right now. As for office apps, of course MS is gonna charge for them, they are a company they make money, this isnt russia. Ive used googles apps and openoffice and i find MS Office easier to work with, the only one i like more is Lotus but they went out of bussiness.
ms is really bad about trying to force everybody to do everything their way.
and ms office 2007 sucks IMHO, the layouts horrible, the menu system is just horrible, no other way to describe it really.
i got no problem with advancement and innovation but thats not what ms does anymore, they just re-sell the same ideas with go faster stripes and then force you to use their verion os something.
i personaly love my windows x64pro but hate vista, i like office 2003 but hate 2007 because really all they did was make it look WORSE and run WORSE (vista and office 2007)
ms has a poor track reccord with alot of things like internet standreds.......
i love how ms humpers like candle_86 will defend anything ms makes as the best thing ever!!!!!
btw lotus was part of IBM they disscontinued the products because alot of companys and govts stoped using their products due to massive flaws, i know my fathers school district stoped using it because u couldnt sync it with PDA's without taking a large risk u would loose the data on both!!!!